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What is Amnesia, Anyway?
 is a general term often used to describe a condition in which an individual experiences a loss of memory or memory abilities.
Amnesia can generally be grouped into two categories, organic (neurological) amnesia and functional (physiological) amnesia.
An organic amnesia refers to memory loss due to physical damage to the brain such as brain infection, disease, tumor growth in brain and use of drugs affecting the brain. On the contrary, functional amnesia occurs due to psychological traumas (for example, at the occurance of rape or death of a close family member) rather than brain damage. This may be seen as a form of defense mechanism after experiencing shock or trauma.
In the article “Memories aren't made of this: amnesia at the movies,” Sallie Baxendale, the author, examines how common use of amnesia in movies have often been poorly depicted, with exceptions to few.
Sit back and relax, as you take a virtual tour of what amnesia really is, how it is presented in Baxendale's work, and explore different types of real life rehabilitation taken to reprimend this interesting disorder. |
